Last Sunday, along with my friends I went to an Indian Restaurant in DC. We were the last customers in the Hotel. The Hotel Owner was eating next to us. Since we explored most of the Indian Restaurants in and around DC, we were chatting about the food that they serve in the Indian Restaurants. The Hotel owner was very much interested in our discussion and joined us in the discussion. He shared some interesting facts with us
* He is in this Business for the last 15+ years.
* He is Operating 7 restaurants in DC, Vienna, Alexandria
* He came here as physiotherapy student. Did a part time job in a restaurant during his college days. He got interested in this business and changed his line.
* Average life of a regular Hotel is 5 years. For every 5 years you need to make some major change in the hotel
* To Attract American customer, just great food is not enough. Need to have the best plates and cutlery.
The waiter who served us is doing his PhD in Information system. In India I have never seen a PhD scholar taking a part time job in a Hotel.
One last thing, the food was really good.
